Malaysian Airlines MH17 Crashes in Ukraine

[Foreigner]

Reported here that all changes from today until further notice will not incur charges. Applies to all MH destinations.

http://wildabouttravel.boardingarea...mpaign=malaysia-airlines-waiving-fees-changes

Nationalities of 41 pax unverified. Likely of US.

 

[defurax]

Reported here that all changes from today until further notice will not incur charges. Applies to all MH destinations.

Malaysia Airlines waiving all fees for changes - Wild About Travel - Wild About Travel

I imagine one has to call to make changes? This is what I see in Manage my booking:
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[TD="class: colName"]Change Itinerary[/TD]
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Itinerary is not eligible for change. For the further support please contact our call
center on 1 300 88 3000 (within Malaysia) or +603 7843 3000 (outside Malaysia)​

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[mannej]

Just got home and found out that two of the Brits on board were Newcastle United fans travelling to New Zealand for 2 pre-season matches being played over the next week or so.

As a fellow toon supporter, that is horrible news.

I am off to the games next weekend, it just puts things into perspective.

RIP.

 

[Foreigner]

I imagine one has to call to make changes? This is what I see in Manage my booking:
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[TR]
[TD]Manage My Air Booking
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[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

[TABLE="class: optionItemTable, width: 100%"]
[TR]
[TD="class: colRadio"][/TD]
[TD="class: colImage"][/TD]
[TD="class: colName"]Change Itinerary[/TD]
[TD="class: colDescription"]

Itinerary is not eligible for change. For the further support please contact our call
center on 1 300 88 3000 (within Malaysia) or +603 7843 3000 (outside Malaysia)​

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I checked MH website and couldn't find info relation to change, Nonetheless, I suggest you call them. Good luck with change, if that's what you wish for.

 

[Pushka]

Just heard about this and quickly checked our travel arrangements for next few days.

RIP.

Such a wicked act and tragic loss.

My mother rang in distress to my SIL as she knows we are "in the area". Thank goodness I posted on Facebook last night. I'll still need to call her though.

Istanbul - Athens then Athens - Venice is ok right?

I'd already registered with smart traveller but it didn't ask for flight details.

 

[Foreigner]

I flew LHR-KUL last September on A380. I wouldn't like to travel MH or indeed travel to Europe via Asia ATM.

 

[Austman]

I have 4 x MH flights in a few weeks time. I'm not for changing.

 

[Danger]

I feel that the rapid statements from other airlines saying they are avoiding the airspace, while reassuring for passengers, heighten the impression that MH was doing something out of the ordinary. For instance Delta is tweeting that they are not using Ukrainian airspace, but none of their routes go near the area anyway.

Like this appalling tweet from Finnair:



The Department of Prime Minister & Cabinet has ordered Australian flags to fly at half-mast tomorrow, both here and at our posts abroad. It is the equivalent of a national day of mourning.

 

[casanovawa]

While it is a sad act I think some people need to get a bit of a grip....

The world was here yesterday and it will keep going tomorrow... On here and on FB I've read a few posts as if the world is ending and we've lost all hope...

Gaza and the Israel/Palestinian conflict has been going on for 60 years with many horrible acts... 9/11, Iraq, Afghanistan yes all pretty unfortunate... But for 40+ years we lived under the cold war where everyone could be fried within 30-60 minutes, we've had WW2, WW1, the 100 years war, the inquisition, the crusades, the middle ages, the dark ages, plagues, slaughters... All in all this era is one of the safest, healthiest, free-est periods in all of history... Are all wars or conflicts going to end tomorrow... No.. No more murders or rapes or horrible acts... No...

Maybe its just the tendency of things to look dark straight after a shock and then the next day or two and things start reverting back to normal, but sheeesh some people are going off the deep end over this... WA loses this many people on the road every years as would most Oz states, how many people do you think are dying in hospitals every day/month/year of a whole bunch of preventable diseases and causes???

And what precisely do you expect Tony A..... to do, go in their all guns blazing like Rambo and secure the site himself??? From the view point of getting Russia's attention maybe it would have been better to have a whole bunch of Chinese on board rather than a whole bunch of people from mostly middling to small powers who can largely be ignored because they can't bring that much pressure to bear... A fall out amongst a couple of permanent security council members that usually vote according to Real Politik might have seen more action....

 

[knightman7]

Amen well said

 

[Pushka]

A plane gets shot down, full of innocent people and you suggest people are over reacting. Maybe some of us have some empathy.

 

[under the radar]

While it is a sad act I think some people need to get a bit of a grip....

The world was here yesterday and it will keep going tomorrow... On here and on FB I've read a few posts as if the world is ending and we've lost all hope...

Gaza and the Israel/Palestinian conflict has been going on for 60 years with many horrible acts... 9/11, Iraq, Afghanistan yes all pretty unfortunate... But for 40+ years we lived under the cold war where everyone could be fried within 30-60 minutes, we've had WW2, WW1, the 100 years war, the inquisition, the crusades, the middle ages, the dark ages, plagues, slaughters... All in all this era is one of the safest, healthiest, free-est periods in all of history... Are all wars or conflicts going to end tomorrow... No.. No more murders or rapes or horrible acts... No...

Maybe its just the tendency of things to look dark straight after a shock and then the next day or two and things start reverting back to normal, but sheeesh some people are going off the deep end over this... WA loses this many people on the road every years as would most Oz states, how many people do you think are dying in hospitals every day/month/year of a whole bunch of preventable diseases and causes???

And what precisely do you expect Tony A..... to do, go in their all guns blazing like Rambo and secure the site himself??? From the view point of getting Russia's attention maybe it would have been better to have a whole bunch of Chinese on board rather than a whole bunch of people from mostly middling to small powers who can largely be ignored because they can't bring that much pressure to bear... A fall out amongst a couple of permanent security council members that usually vote according to Real Politik might have seen more action....

so that makes it all better???? so that justifies all the evil in this world???... maybe you should go and do PR for Putin

 

[boomy]

so that makes it all better???? so that justifies all the evil in this world???... maybe you should go and do PR for Putin

What do you want, world peace? Never was and never will be, get real!
It looks like MH17 was a case of mistaken identity. Nevertheless, I hope that the responsible criminals will be brought to justice and targeting civilian planes will not become a regular practice in future conflicts between nations.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

What do you want, world peace? Never was and never will be, get real!
It looks like MH17 was a case of mistaken identity. Nevertheless, I hope that the responsible criminals will be brought to justice and targeting civilian planes will not become a regular practice in future conflicts between nations.

It does appear it was unintentional. Those shooting it down seemed surprised a commercial airliner would fly overhead. But that doesn't mean they shouldn't be held accountable. All parties who may have contributed to this should be held accountable.

As with many disasters, there is usually a chain of events.

 

[casanovawa]

so that makes it all better???? so that justifies all the evil in this world???... maybe you should go and do PR for Putin

I thought about trying to write something back to you, but I have seen several of your posts on here and i think we are operating on quite different views of the world, if it floats your boat to think there is no hope and we're all doomed and surrounded by DEATH, DEATH, DEATH etc good luck to you...

As for doing PR for Putin comment you obviously know <xx_X> all about my views so try getting a grip there as well while you wet your pants about how the sky is falling and we're all doomed...

And with the earlier comment, I have plenty of empathy for the passengers and quite a loathing for the Russian regime, but blowing everything out of proportion like chicken little doesn't exactly help the situation and is generally not good for people's psyche either.... I was trying to add a bit of perspective, as frightening as that might be for some...

 

[MEL_Traveller]

I thought about trying to write something back to you, but I have seen several of your posts on here and i think we are operating on quite different worlds of the view, if it floats your boat to think there is no hope and we're all doomed and surrounded by MURDER, MURDER, MURDER

Exactly. There is devastation in one part of the world, and an idyllic beach in another. We are right to do everything we can to stop the devastation, but there are many positive things as well. Life goes on. It always has.

 

[Julesmac]

Not good they are showing BPs and passports of the pax on TV.
Very disrespectful.

I saw this on the news - someone with a handful of mixed passports. Seemed odd - a) I've never handed over my passport to any crew on a plane - b) why would they appear completely undamaged?
What a tragedy - just hope they never knew what hit them

 

[casanovawa]

Maybe they were just searching through the bodies to try to identify exactly what they were dealing with after the mega screw up and someone handed them over to the guy who was filmed???

Having visit Russia and bumped into a few about the place, respect and manners wouldn't be the first attributes I would associate with them... But again, just me...

 

[MEL_Traveller]

I saw this on the news - someone with a handful of mixed passports. Seemed odd - a) I've never handed over my passport to any crew on a plane - b) why would they appear completely undamaged?
What a tragedy - just hope they never knew what hit them

it seems someone had gone around and collected them. Not necessarily that they were all stored in the one place.

There were parts of the aircraft not damaged by fire. That explains the passports being undamaged.

 

[ozbeachbabe]

I saw this on the news - someone with a handful of mixed passports. Seemed odd - a) I've never handed over my passport to any crew on a plane - b) why would they appear completely undamaged? What a tragedy - just hope they never knew what hit them

I don't think they were handed to crew at all - the passports we're probably just found scattered amongst the wreckage.